| Hunting through the use of spears and other | | | | said to exist only in Texas and New |
| tools used to be the ancient man's primary | | | | Hampshire. |
| way of sourcing food. Today, hunting is | | | | |
| still very much alive in the modern society, | | | | The increasing population of feral boars is |
| although it is being for various reasons. | | | | attributed to their ability to reproduce |
| | | | fast, the practice of free ranging husbandry |
| One of the top hunting targets for men is the | | | | methods and the existence of more water in |
| wild boar, a known ancestor of domestic pigs | | | | arid areas. These boars can produce four to |
| although they look different. Boars are | | | | six litters depending on their breed and the |
| classified as feral hogs, Russian wild boar | | | | availability of food in their area. |
| or hybrids, a mixture of the first two kinds. | | | | |
| Boars are called full bloods if they are | | | | A hunter's success in hunting boars using |
| pure wild boars and standard if they are a | | | | rifle will depend on the population of the |
| result of breeding domestic pigs and pure | | | | wild boars, the hunter's knowledge of the |
| wild boars. | | | | behavioral patterns of wild hogs, and the use |
| | | | of the right kind of rifle. |
| Feral hogs are hogs that have escaped | | | | |
| domestication and became wild. The free roam | | | | Feral hogs have keen eye sights and they have |
| farming, or the practice of branding hogs and | | | | a very good sense of smell and hearing. A |
| releasing them into the open to roam free and | | | | fully mature feral hog can weigh from 200 to |
| breed, is said to be responsible for the | | | | 700 pounds while a wild boar or the Russian |
| existence of feral hogs today. | | | | boar can weigh up to 400 pounds. |
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| Feral hogs can be found in nine States, with | | | | Wild boar hunters should consider the kind of |
| the largest population found in Texas. Texas | | | | gun they are going to use, the gun caliber, |
| and other States consider hogs as nuisance | | | | the load of the gun which should match their |
| animals so hunting rules are very lenient. | | | | hunting style, the terrain where they expect |
| In fact, hunters are allowed to hunt feral | | | | to encounter the hogs and the range between |
| hogs using any kind of weapon or bait, at any | | | | them and the boars. |
| time of the day. True Russian boars are | | | | |